June 20, 2020 Purple Filter-feeders In Murky Harbour Purple sponges in murky waters of Mahurangi Harbour
June 20, 2020 Searching Bottom In Wedding Dress Goatfish Upeneichthys lineatus searches the bottom for food with its barbels.
June 20, 2020 Cute Face Among Coastal Kelp Kelpfish Chironemus marmoratus (hiwihiwi) cannot float so it glides short distances among kelp.
June 19, 2020 Spines Not So Sharp The most common sea urchin around the coast of New Zealand is Evechinus chloroticus, also called kina.
June 19, 2020 Mixed Coastal Kelp Forest There is that zone where the intertidal and and deeper water weeds mix.